“After realizing that Katherine Goble (played by Taraji P. Henson) had to spend half an hour walking across Langley each time she needed to use the bathroom, Al Harrison (played by Kevin Costner) uses a crowbar to smash down the sign that identifies the only bathroom at Langley reserved for women of color, and then quips “here at NASA we all pee the same color!” In so doing, he effectively removes a significant obstacle to make Goble’s work easier. And, as is often the case, by identifying and fixing the problem for one person, he removed an obstacle that was impacting a large number of talented people.”

Hidden Figures is adapted from Margot Lee Shetterly’s brilliant book of the same namewhich she recently discussed at Case Western Reserve University’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. convocation. We have the book queued up for discussion with a CWRU group as a wellness program initiative in the next several weeks and with faculty and staff of a local independent girls’ school later this spring.

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Our programs with employees at Fairbanks Morse Engine were featured in the Beloit Daily News. “The program can engage employees’ hearts and minds while improving critical thinking skills and empathy,” writes reporter Hillary Gavan.